"We can't tolerate violations of local language laws at Chinese sites" : Mano Ganesan

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Action has been initiated to deal with issues surrounding violations of local language laws at Chinese sites, National Integration and Official Languages, Minister Mano Ganesan said.

The Minister made these comments via his official Twitter handle saying Chinese business communities should respect local laws. He further added that the Ministry was receiving several complaints about sign boards at various Chinese project sites being put up in Mandarin, English and one official language Sinhala or Tamil and those that ignore both official languages.

1/Ministry has initiated action on this at my instructions. We can't tolarate violations of local language laws at Chinese sites in Sri Lanka. We wish to provide assistsnce, if any required & plan to engage with all including the #Chinese embassy. #lka pic.twitter.com/tqKKOpCKOt

— Mano Ganesan (@ManoGanesan) December 31, 2018

2/Chinese in Sri Lanka should respect local laws. We are receiving complains on sign boards at Chinese projects using Mandarin & English scripts only ignoring both or one of the official languages, IE., Sinhala & Tamil. #lka

— Mano Ganesan (@ManoGanesan) December 31, 2018

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